villain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vile, wicked person.
    — Oh moſt pernicious woman! / Oh Villaine, Villaine, ſmiling damned Villaine!
  2. A vile, wicked person.; An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
  3. A vile, wicked person.; A deliberate scoundrel.
  4. A low-born, abject person. archaic,derogatory
    — Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?
  5. A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
    — Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
  6. Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
    — Let's discuss how to play if you are the chip leader (that is, if you have more chips than all the villains).
  7. Archaic form of villein (“feudal tenant, peasant, serf”). alt-of,archaic
动词 v.
  1. To debase; to degrade . obsolete,transitive

词形变化

villains plural villan alternative,archaic villains present,singular,third-person villaining participle,present villained participle,past villained past villan alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
knave rascal scamp cad antimodel bad guy baddie bastard beggar blackguard bounder coistril evildoer fustilarian harlot heavy lidderon makeshift miscreant ne'er-do-well niding nithing rapscallion rogue scab scapegrace scoundrel scum scumbag thug undesirable varlet villain
反义词
hero
上位词
git
下位词
anti-villain betrayer brigand chav criminal deceiver troublemaker supervillain villainess
衍生词
anti-villain Bond villain chillin' like a villain James Bond villain pantomime villain supervillain villainess villainise villainize villain of the week villainy
相关词
villein agent agonist antagonist protagonist bad badness jerk evil villainy

词源

词源 1
Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin vīllānus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin vīlla, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.
Compare typologically pagan (see more).
词源 2
Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin vīllānus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin vīlla, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.
Compare typologically pagan (see more).
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